“Duke Bobber,” if ever there was a name born for NASCAR, that’s it. That or the Bassmasters tournament. I was going to change my name to Packy Packer but I see it’s long been gone. Instead I’ve chosen “Slug Barrel.” It may prove useful come deer season. I can also use it to cover over the name my wife had sewn on my No. 1 Packer jersey…Stud Muffin. Thanks for playing.
Nothing says TGIF like this does.
Dale from Harpers Ferry, WV
When will away game pep rallies be announced?
Everything should be finalized in July.
Jordan from Osterdock, IA
Did I miss Kitan Oladapo being moved from safety to corner?
Wes was referring there to the work Oladapo has gotten in the slot.
George from North Mankato, MN
Are there any starting spots up for grabs when OTAs start? How many UDFAs do you think have a shot to make the 53 this year?
I don’t know enough about the UDFAs yet to rank their chances, but as far as starting jobs open heading into OTAs, I’d say CB2 and EDGE2 are at the top of the list.
When I first looked at the schedule after it was released, I noticed the Packers play in Pittsburgh during the preseason. I immediately wished that game would have been at Lambeau so Rodgers could experience one more “gameday” in Green Bay, even if it’s only preseason and he likely won’t play. That wish is even heavier now that he announced this will be his last season.
I can appreciate that, but I also think there’s something a bit poetic about Rodgers not playing at Lambeau Field for any team other than the Packers.
Just saw an (obviously short) video of “all” five of Rodgers’ interceptions in his 2014 MVP season. Four of them bounced off receivers’ hands and a Buffalo CB just jumped a route on the fifth. How spoiled were we by 12? (and he’ll always be “12”!)
Rodgers’ numbers in his four MVP seasons are just absurd: 1,422-of-2,079 (68.4%) for 17,438 yards and 168 TDs with 20 INTs for a cumulative 117.0 passer rating. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, who won eight MVPs between them, topped 117.0 in a season just once each. Rodgers hit that mark for a collective four years. It’s mind-boggling how good he was at his best.
Randy from Carrollton, TX
I’m sure either of you or maybe some of the Insiders will have the answer to this question. How many current players on the Packers roster were on the last roster that Aaron Rodgers was on?
I count seven – Keisean Nixon, Jordan Love, Isaiah McDuffie, Devonte Wyatt, Christian Watson, Zach Tom and Sean Rhyan. The last four were all rookies in ’22, and it was Nixon’s first year here. McDuffie played two years with him, and Love three.
Nathan from Williamstown, MA
To Phil from Paris’s point about injury luck in the Rodgers era, you have to add that if David Bakhtiari doesn’t blow out his knee in practice at the end of the 2020 season, the Packers probably win it all that year. If Rodgers had his normal time to throw, he would have put up enough points to beat Brady, and then Mahomes was nowhere near healthy in the Super Bowl. Plus, who knows how much better the following seasons would have turned out if Bakhtiari had been available.
The Packers’ offensive line wasn’t good enough in the playoffs without Bakhtiari on the two best LaFleur/Rodgers teams (2020 & 2021). Ten sacks in those two postseason defeats … when Rodgers was sacked a total of 50 times in the other 34 games those two years.
